Saturday, June 14, 2014

What Childrens Book Authors In Los Angeles Do

By Ina Hunt


Around the world, writers struggle to write stories for kids. In the city of Los Angeles, writers formed writing associations for a several reasons, all these are meant to assist them in writing. Childrens book authors in Los Angeles engage in many things when they are together. They range from putting their finances, thoughts and ideologies to discussing the various aspects of stories such as themes, plots, characters and linguistic styles.

There are conferences usually organized by writers for all other writers from within Los Angeles. They normally come together with the purpose of enlightening themselves on a number of issues. Upcoming writers are the ones who always benefit the most since experienced editors, writers and publishers are invited to help them grow in this profession. They are guided on how to address all elements necessary for satisfying the needs of children. Once writers know what kids expect, they will easily be accepted by readers, hence, the growth of their careers as writers.

In these conferences, writers get the rare opportunity for meeting and interacting with the real opinion makers as far as children books are concerned. Both published and unpublished authors, publishers, editors and many other stakeholders are the targets for these meetings. They normally pay a registration fee after an online form-filling session before being officially incorporated into the group of those to attend the conference.

Other than conferences, authors in this whole city also have independent writing groups which also meet with objectives that are similar to those of conferences. Torrance Book Writing Group is a good of such groups. This group admits members after paying a registration fee of thirty dollars per year or fifty dollars for two years. This group is usually operated by volunteers, the registration fees payable is only meant to cater for expenses encountered in the process of running the group.

After registering with the group, authors are able to access a number of benefits. The benefits include being handled better, and receiving invitations to each critique session, subsidized prices for entry into workshops and accessing a large amount of data available on the websites of the group. The information fosters awareness of every organized event among writers.

In one of the meetings, a facilitator talked about the importance of involving diversity in children stories. This, according to her, entails talking about a wide range of things affecting the characters and their environment. It is a fact that children always want to associate themselves with characters in stories. This should, however, not hinder the process of making their characters realistic. Children should see the people involved in stories as people who can breath and do all that is done by human beings.

Children are equally fond of stories that involve adventure. In modern days, there are so many stories about aliens, predators, vampires and witch hunters among others. Too much adventure should, however, not be used as a substitute for realism.

It is, therefore, very important for authors to meet like they do in this city. As seen here, such meetings help them grow as writers. They get to know the necessary ingredients in writing children stories, hence, becoming acceptable in the market.




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